Since 7 May 2010 Acting Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Since September 2011 Vice-Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Scientific interests:

Heavy and superheavy nucleus research. Synthesis of new heaviest
elements. Electromagnetic and chemical separation and detection
of evaporation residues. Measurements of production
cross-sections and decay properties of heavy nuclei. The influence
of nuclear shells on the stability of heavy nuclei. Spontaneous
fission of heavy nuclei. Fission modes. Fission from the
isomeric state of a nucleus (spin and shape isomers). Spontaneous
emission of clusters. Beta-delayed fission of neutron-deficient
isotopes. Fission and quasi-fission of exotic nuclei. Mass
and energy spectra, angular distributions of fragments.